Wright v. United States

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that plaintiff’s misunderstanding of legal ramifications of accepting settlement award from USPS did not vitiate release
• upholding release despite evidence that the plaintiffs potentially \misunderstood the legal ramifications of accepting a settlement award .. . or . . . understood the legal consequences but nevertheless did not ‘intend’ to surrender the [other] claims\
• claimant accepted a settlement for property damage and physical injury then brought suit for pain and suffering

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Danzy v. US Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1980-03-03· cited 19×
• Corporate Property Associates 6 v. Hallwood Group Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2002-02-25· cited 7×
• Laguer v. United States
  D. Puerto Rico· 2017-06-22· cited 5×
• Cappellini v. Bradford Shipping Corp.
  S.D. New York· 1983-08-04· cited 3×
• Knight v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-04-30

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Best Bearings Co., an Illinois Corporation v. United States
  Seventh Circuit· 1972-06-15· cited 101×
• Robinson v. United States Navy
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1972-05-25· cited 37×
• Wolak v. United States
  D. Connecticut· 1973-11-09· cited 32×
• Gunstream v. United States
  C.D. California· 1969-12-29· cited 25×
• Jordan v. United States
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1971-09-21· cited 21×
• Hicks v. Soroka
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1963-01-22· cited 13×
• Robinson v. United States
  N.D. Illinois· 1976-02-05· cited 12×
• Jordan v. United States
  Third Circuit· 1973-02-22· cited 6×
• Huber v. United States
  N.D. California· 1965-06-24· cited 5×
• Wexler v. Newman
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1970-04-28· cited 5×